Roxana Saberi freed from Iran
American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, who was convicted on espionage charges, has been released by a Tehran court. Read more here
Iran: Saberi is no spy
The imprisonment of Roxana Saberi for ‘espionage’ is the act of a government obsessed with controlling the media, says Omid Memarian
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Iran hints US reporter’s sentence may be eased
Iran’s judiciary spokesman has said that the eight-year jail term for Roxana Saberi may be reconsidered on appeal, an indication her sentence will be commuted. Read more here
Diplomats walk out of UN conference after Iranian ‘hate speech’
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused Israel of being the ‘most cruel and racist regime’, sparking a walkout by angry Western diplomats at the UN Durban II conference on racism.
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